Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0 of 4] Add virtio-console support to qemu

[Anthony Liguori]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Christian Ehrhardt wrote:
> > To complete qemu virtio device support this patch series add 
> > virtio-console
> > infrastructure to qemu in patch 1/2.
> > Patch 3/4 initializes virtio-console on the tested architectures x86 and
> > powerpc.
> >   
>
> What is the advantage of virtio-console, compared to the standard 
> serial port?

Certain platforms have instructions for anything you can think of but no 
uart.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori